DOGON RIDER 6, MALI

This cast equestrian figure expresses status, prestige and power. It
would bring honor to the ancestors, the current leadership and the owner
of the sculpture. Although rare, horsemen as icon have existed for 1000
years in Mali. Some would depict a hogon, the supreme officeholder,
a semi-divine leader of great wisdom, or even a mythological emissary from
a distant land.